eXtra eXcellent Poet Gerard Benson
Liz Brownlee ♦ April 28, 2015 ♦ 3 Comments
If you are looking for my actual A-Z post for ‘X’, please scroll down below this ‘Xtra’ post.
One year ago today, the wonderful Gerard Benson (poet, actor, raconteur, book reviewer, former Barrow Poet, and former teacher at the Central School of Speech and Drama) died.
I couldn’t let this day pass without reposting this reminder of what we have lost.
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And here, reading his children’s poem, The Cat and the Pig.
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Never forgotten.
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Oh wow-He is so great in reading these poems and he puts just the right amount of heart into both of them
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A wonderful tribute–and aren’t we fortunate to have the videos so that he can reach still more people. Thanks for the introduction–what a lovely voice.
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Thanks, Anne. He was a charismatic and generous man, a lovely and loving friend, and a superbly talented poet, who had a surprisingly interesting background, including being a successful code-breaker during the war.
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